Need help with an aggressive and toxic neighbour

Hey all. Forgive the long story but you need to know so can offer advice.

We live in a flat with one neighbour to the right and one above. We got a new guy who moved above us in october. We where pre warned about his prison history before he moved in. I wont disclose what he did. Anyway first thing he said when we meet him is "i like to play my music loud so be warned" we honestly didn't know if he was joking or not. Well he was not.

From day one day and night his music would be blaring out. And to make matters worse zero carpets and he had speakers that where on the floor and he listens constantly to drum and base music so no lyrics just the same old tune over and over again then he would be drilling, banging etc from day one again day and night. We let it go for the first few weeks as hey he moved in and was decorating. We just kept asking " turn it down and please stop the work during the night we have a kid" honestly we felt like we where living inside a night club.

It got so bad one day it went on for 16hours straight, so at 2am my 5yr old is up crying my partner is losing it (has bad mental health and autism) so I go over knock on the door. He comes out all aggressive from the get go, in mean im a women and i was sure he was going to deck me one. Basically his answer was "its my home I will do what I want" we tried writing letters to him explaining as every time we spoke to him he was just angry and aggressive. We also spoke to his family who visited but to no avail. It got to the point our daughter had to spend 2 weeks at her grans sleeping over because i can not have her not sleeping.(Hes admitted to us he hates being told what to do) problem is anything you say to him be it positive or negative is an insult and he whole body language just comes across aggressive and angry. Yet he has moaned about several things we do such as at night my partner likes to play games and can get loud since then my partner makes an effort to stay quiet, he moaned we didnt immediately pick up the dog poo we started insta picking it up (we never left it but if they pooped at night in the garden I would wait till morning to get it) he moaned about my hoovering at 9am so we stopped...basically if you moan about him he always has to throw something back. So we adapted to stop him having anything agaisnt us.

Anyway around mid December we had a housing visit the lady asked if that was normal we simply laughed and said "this is actually quiet for him" she was shocked. Asked if we wanted to report it. Out of things to do or say and honestly at our breaking point we did report it.

We thought nice its done as he did stop the music or so we thought. He constantly brought up how "we where grasses who snitched on him" and honestly had been very passive aggressive with us ever since. Now we live in a col de sac and since he has been here most of the neighbours avoid him as he is constantly involved with drama with someone or another. Anyway he got a dog around February now when he got her she was healthy and fit....now shes skin and bones. Shes been reported to the rspca by a few people after they had tried to help him care for her correctly basically he just does not feed her enough and says "I can't afford it" we have 2 small dogs so we feed his dog but he goes nuts at us, now that is fair but also im not going to let that dog suffer just because hes an ass!!!

So he went quiet for a few months. From January to about early march...then the music and banging started all over again....so loud its like living in a night club again...so we tried talking to him again. Again we get the same responses "its my house i can do what I want", if even downloaded this stupid app on his phone that meauses music and claims well on my flat it does not go above the green so its fine...we asked for proof or to put his music on the level be has it and we will tell him if it's too low to come in to our flat so he can hear it himself...hes not interested. Anyway after alot of back and forth we said "fine let the council deal with it" so he stopped for a few more months. Then he would start again and we would constantly go back and forth. We have now reported him and kept logs of the noise for months.

Now about 3 weeks ago he finally got carpets, but now here is the issue...he also got brand new surround sound system and speakers...so yep yiu guessed it worse then bloody ever my daughter hasn't even been home for 2 weeks because of it. I work full time and have had to take the last week off as im not sleeping. Its like a living hell. If its not his music going full whack its his tv and his racing games he plays. Problem is he does not work he is on basic benefits so he littrally does this day and night all the time...tried talking to him, nope does not care. The neighbour next to us is an older man, he had a go at me on monday of tjis week as he thought it was us. I had enougb. My partner was having a mental breakdown at this point, So i again wrote him a note it basically said

" hey can you please keep your music and TV down to a respectful level as its is way to loud and the speakers and surround sound are not helping. Our daughter has not been able to sleep in her own home for weeks and its not really fair on her. We have no issue with music but not to this extent. I do not appreciate the neighbours having ago at me because your being selfish. Have a good day" i dated and signed it and took a photo of is form proof. I posted it then we went our for the day with the dogs (they are getting stressed due to it all) and ended up getting back around 7pm and the music was still going. Around 8pm we get banging like hes trying to break the door down banging on our front door. So we go answer it together. My partner stood slightly in front of me but not blocking me if that makes sense. He comes down all aggressive and angry he says he wasnt but he was shouting and again its the way he is in his body language. First thing he shouts at us is "right we need to sort this out once and for all, ive had the council in my flat many times the said I am allowed to play my music when I want"

We said to him "yeah you can but not when its impacting on others lives like it is ours" he kept taking this app out and saying "it is on green see" we invited him in as his music was blaring at that moment. Again he refused. Continued shouting we where just making trouble and then he littrally screamed i mean I have never heard a man scream like it that "its my bloody home I can do what ever i want and its tough really isn't it: he then closed his fists and took a step towards us at this point we did not know if he was going to hit one or us or what ever but my partner slammed the door in his face and well put it this way it did hit him slightly it caused no harm or injury but yeah next thing hes banging on the door again screaming hes "going to report us and how he has it all on camara" (its the neighbours cameras, we have the footage) at this point my partner goes out shouting at him to "come on then" so I pushed him inside. We called th police but because there was no physical interaction they did not care. Needless to say we have reported it to the council. Now here is the problem he is a lair we have caught him out on a few basic ones such as "he can not work because he has a spainal injury yet does heavy garden work, or that he does not sleep in his bedroom yet when I take the dogs out early in the morning hes either asleep in his bed or peeping out or his window as I can hear him via the window telling his dog to shut up" those are just some basic lies. Now since Monday he literally has gone out of his way to make as much noise as he possibly can such as stomping around like king Kong, sitting outside while his music and TV is blaring, talking super loud that we can hear every vile word he is saying. Etc. He also went around all the neighbours and said we attacked him, when asked what happened I said well if that where true why didnt he call the police instead of talking to you, It got so bad with the stuff he was saying I have since shown the neighbours the video that was caught..now hes saying I have a smear campaign agaisnt him....I just want advice on how to deal with this, if we could move we would but right now we are not in a position to move. Plus I think thats what he wants.

On a side note i have now we littrally do what we want and i hoover at 6am now, I pick the dog poo up when I want and we have a few times made a point of being loud. When he snapped and asked "why we where not doing what he wanted" (lol those where his exact words) i laughed and said "but its my home and garden......we can do what we want right" needless to say he was not impressed but it was amusing to watch. The council say we should keep writing the noise log and to basically not wind him up or to cause any issues from our side but honestly I just want my home back and to have my daughter be able to sleep in her own home and for me to actually get a good night's sleep....is there anything else I can do or do we have to wait fot the council?

Side note..no we are not angels we have our issues but as I stated when ever he has moaned about something such as hoovering, any noise etc we addressed it so as not to cause an issue. But he is a very selfish man and im sorry if this offends but the easiest way to describe him is that hes a typical chav....from his attitude to his music sense. As I stated hes so selfish his dog is starving as he can not afford to buy food yet buys his smokes and drugs